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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. rEDFORD OREHOX. FT7TDAY. MAY 14, 1937. f-awE FIYE UNUSUAL AUTOS FURNISHED FOR Fl Special Designs, Colors, Re quiredBanana Republic Heads Go Strong for Heavily Armored Cars By Wiley Maloney (United Press Staff correspondent) DETROIT, May 14 . ( UP) Back beyond where concrete superhigh ways . are an undreamed luxury, j American automobiles built to the1 atrange specifications of their foreign owners are traveling through moun tains, valleys and deserts. Kings, queens, dictators, presidents, mandarins and m aha rajahs are rid ing today In custom built cars on highways far from American main streets. It la the task of automobile corporation export divisions to cater; to the needs and fancies of this specialized clientele. Sheiks Particular Tar the Near East, for example, Chevrolet has designed a special, j seven passenger car with a glass par- j tit Ion between the front and reir sections. An American can't buy a seven-passenger Chevy In the open market, but a sheik finds that no stumbling block. If the same Chevrolet were to be sold to a wealthy maharajah, how ever, the salesman would lose a cus tomer If tho car were yeV.cw. Yellow Is taboo In India, and on? ruler n? s, large principality there was par ticular to satisfy the fastidious de sires of his maharanee. She wanted a Packard, but it had to match her dress slippers, which were a delicate peach-blossom shade. One slipper was sent to Detroit as a sample. It was found that the cloth for the body trim could be obtained from a special mohair fleece found only In an Himalayan moun tain district. It was procured. Special looms were necessary to weave the fabric and It took dye experts a month to match the slipper's shade. Absolute Wlilte The automobile ordered had to be an absolute white. No yellow pig ment, as Is customary In this country, could be mixed In the paint to give It tone. It had to be white, and It had to be white on the top. bottom and sides. No chromium, no stripe Just white. The car was delivered. Some months later the curious dealer ask ed his customer how they kept It clean. The answer was simple. The maharanee was followed wherever she went by a service car from the pal ace. When she stopped, attendants piled out of the service car and fell to polishing. Most large automobile manufactur ers are lammrr with armored cars. Most of them have filled special ord ers for the banana republics of Cen tral and South America. A recent order for such a machine came from President Ttburclo Cartas Andlno of Honduras. It was fitted out with laminated window glass one inch thick and armor plate a quar ter of an inch thick. The plate was so hard It could not be pierced by drills. A .30 calibre army rtr.e, cap able of going through 58 seven eighths Inch thick boards, only dent ed the steel. The completed car was the heaviest ever built by that partlculsr man ufacturer. Kal Shelc Protected A similar machine was ordered re cently from Packard by Gen. Chiang Kal Shek. Its body was fitted with special space on the outside for six men armed with machine guns. Foreign traffic regulations require variations In equipment that must be complied with. In one large eastern empire, for example, two sets of brakes are re quired. General Motors satisfies that need by making automobiles with a transmission and a hand brake. In France, only amber colored bulbs can be burned in headlights, while sev eral European countries require spec ial lights for high-speed night driv ing. In England, right wheel steer ing is a requirement. GRANGERS 10 GREET FOUR STATE LEADERS Granee members of Jackson county will meet in the Central Point Grange hall Saturday, May 15, at 8 p. m. A short program has been prepared by Mrs. Olive Floyd, Pomona lecturer. Masters King, of Washington; Deal, of Idaho; Shellmeyer. of California, and Gill, of Oregon, will discuss co operation and co-operative methods. Mrs. Brown, Pomona H. E. C. chair man, has announced sandwiches, cof fee and cakes will be served and Asks all persons attending to bring either sandwiches or cakes. All Grange mem. bera are invited to attend this meet ing and meet these visiting Grange masters. SPEAKER TO ANSWER T( Why was the Townsend plan changed In 1935? Why were those 30 million signa tures they claimed to have not pre sented to congress in 1935? Why do thay forbid men to speak in their clubs who have different Ideas? How can we bring recovery to Ore gon If we really want it? These and many more questions will be answered Sunday. May 16. at 2 o'clock In the K. P. hall in Mod ford. All are Invited end it's free with a special Invitation to the business and professional people of southern Oregon, U. S.-PHIUPPINE TRADE -STUDIED AS MUTUAL AID Islands' Model Employer Is Optimistic On Business Relations Cites Need of Political Agreement WASHINGTON (UP) J. M. Eli- zalde, ' business man -philosopher of Manila, came here recently to lend counsel and support to President Manuel L. Quezon's movement for early Philippine Independence and a reciprocal trade program with the United States. He came to serve with the Joint Philippine-United States committee of experts in a new can vass of economic relations. Elizalde has been officially recog nized in the Philippines as the "mo del employer" of 10.000 persons en gaged In coconut, sugar, hemp, iron ore, merchandising, Insurance, ship ping and other enterprises which ex tend to four , continents. Although not an official, his personal prestige carries political influence In the is lands. Elizalde & Co- Inc.. of which he is president, has a red calf-bound pros pectus brightened with quotations from Marcus Aurelius, sea-verse' of John Masefield, and J. M. Elizajde's business slogan: "When fortune comes do not. enjoy all of it; When advantage comes do not take all of it..' He has fostered a system of "minimum standards for his work ers. Prompt Settlement Favored Elizalde in an interview discussed American-Philippine relations from the view of a business man. and as serted the possibility that a prompt and clear settlement of Philippines political fitatus would pave the way to commercial relationships from which the United Statea might profit greatly. "The Philippines is not a new mar ket for the United States, but an al ready established 'going market.' val uable . and capable of much expan sion." he said. "The Philippines market is prob ably the most profitable single mar ket for American exporters. They might ship to Argentina. Brazil, or othpr countries for volume of trans actions, but sales there would be competitive with German, Japanese and other traders. In the Philippines, American exprters can sell for profit, due to the fact that they enjoy a protected market. American lines made money even during years of de pression . I He thought It Important that the Philippines should learn soon wheth er their sugar trade with the United States la to be permanent or must eventually be, liquidated. In the lat ter event he commented upon the necessity of allowing a fair period of readjustment in the Islands to care for existing investments. Believes Law Deficient Weakness in the present Philip pines independence law, Elizalde be lieves, lies in the fact that the comt mon wealth lacks power to readjust its economy during the preparatory period before independence. "The commonwealth government," he said. "lacks power to conclude treaties and agreements with other governments". The debt settlement provisions in the present law are very onerous. The commonwealth Is expeeted to liqui date its debts within a period of 10 years, precisely during the span of time It must incur large expendi tures in preparation for Indepen dence." Elizalde pictured a glowing future for the mining Industry in the islands. "The Philippines." he said, "can supply America with many Indispens able primary materials which she ac tually needs and uses. These can be made basis for reciprocity." NEW MILK GRADE LAW TAKES EFFECT SUNDAY SALEM. Ore., May 14. HIP) With examination and qualification of agriculture department graders now completed. Oregon's new milk, cream and butter grading laws will go Into effect May 16. Solon T. White, state agricultural director, made the ruling today un der an emergency clause attached to the bill when it was passed by the recent legislature. COACH JENNE'S WIFE IN CRITICAL CONDITION PORTLAND, Ore.. May 14. (UP) Mrs. Eldon Jenne was In a critical condition at St. Vincent hospital to day suffering from the effects of what police medical advisors said was an overdose of sedatives. Mrs. Jenne Is the wife of Eldon Jenne, coach of Washington high school athletic teams here. T FREED BUT 1ST rOLSOM PRISON, CaU May 14 (UP) Ernest Booth, widely known convict writer, will be paroled In Au gust so he may seek to regain his health. One condition of his parole, grant ed today by the state board of prison terms and paroles, will require him to remain away from metropolitan areas. He must stay in the mountain section of central California, in the care of relatives. There, he may con tinue writing books and plays based on crime and prisons. Booth's life thus fax has been a continual round of trouble with the law. He was sent to a reform school in 1914 and made a break for free dom in 1915. He broke away from Reno and Chlco police and skipped out of the Orovllle Jail In 1917. An other escape attempt was made In 1924 when he was held In the Ala meda county Jail before being sen tenced to serve 25 years for bank robbery. His most sensational effort to es cape was made at san Quentln In 1927 when he broke both lege Jump ing from the top floor of the prison hospital. Then he was transferred to Folaom, where two-time losers and the more desperate criminals are held. Some of his better anown books were Stealing Through Life, Ladies of the Mob. Ladles in Love. Booth has been 111 for years. 4 Fish Commissioner, Clinton Going, Dies MABSHPIELD. May 14. (AP Clinton Covell Colng, 52, member of the state fish commission, died at a North Bend hospital Wednesday from an attack of pneumonia following a long Illness from which he was ap parently recovering. Born in Portland, he had resided here for the past 31 years, operating a furniture store and a hotel. He is survived by his widow and two daughters of Marahfleld. and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Going, and a brother. Wallace, of Portland. Meteorological Report May 14, 1937 Medford and vicinity: Pair tonight and Saturday. Warmer Saturday. Oregon: Pair tonight and Saturday. Warmer In interior Saturday. Moder ate northerly winds off coast. Temperature a year ago today: Highest 67; lowest 51. Total monthly precipitation .05 in. Deficiency for the month 0 47 inches. Total precipitation aince September J, 1938. 13-28 inches. Deficiency for the season 2.80 Inches. Relative humidity at 3 p. m. yester day 39 percent: 5 a. m. today 84 per cent. Tomorrow: Sunrise 4:50 a. m. Sun set 7:24 p. m. Observations Taken at 8 A. 10 Meridian Time M. "a s S " 2 s K 1 II ft g BolM 88 46 Boston 73 38 .17 Chicago ..... 68 38 .19 Denver ...... ...... 74 50 Eureka 60 63 Helena ...... 64 48 Los Angeles 03 66 MEDFORD 76 83 New York 76 60 .50 Omaha ... .- 56 38 Phoenix 104 63 Portland - 70 63 T Reno 84 46 hoseburg 74 56 Salt Lake 83 60 Ssn Francisco 70 50 Seattle 68 60 T Spokane 76 63 Washington, D.C. 88 84 .37 Yakima 76 54 Clear Cloudy Cloudy P. Cdy Cloudy P. Cdy. Clear Cloudy Rain P. Cdy. Clear P. Cdy. Clear Cloudy Cloudy Clear Cloudy Clear Rain Clear OF IN SECTIONAL SPEECH OF 0. S. IS PREDICTED BERKELEY, Cat. (UP) Th Uni versity of California has discovered that the "southern accent'1 Is des tined to disappear, also the "New England twang" and the "Yankee ac cent." Radio and the talking pictures are responsible, the university finds. "Today we are passing through a period of voice standardization,' said Mrs. Guy A. Parrlngton. Instructor of public speaking at the university. "Along with the radio and the talk ies, which are playing the major role, even the telephone Is doing much to make everyone from every section of the country speak a standardized a cent. Idiom, and Inflection which ev eryone else can understand. Eventual ly, everyone will speak the same slang and with the aame voice stan dard tzatlon.' Mrs. Parrington predicted that when that time comes, the American language will be much richer than it Is today, as It will Include ths lire Heat and most vivid parts of speech of every section of the country. She believes that even the King's own English In England will become standardised with American Englls'i aa a result of the ever Increasing use between the two countries of the ra dio and the trans-Atlantic telephone. She pointed out tha former King Ed ward's phrase In hta abdication ad dress of "long last" has been Incor p.vatPd Into the American language to such, aa extent that soma news papers are protesting thst phrase should not be "worked to death ." However, she regards it now as a per manent phrase, Just as the English are making permanent in their lan guage many of America's moat pic turesque phrases. Poppy Fields Balded CAIRO (UP) A secret raid on some hundreds of acres of Egyptian poppy fields has been carried out under the direction of Russell Pasha, British director of the general nar cotic Intelligence bureau and com mandant of the Cairo city police. It la believed that this raid will be a deathblow to the Illegal manufacture of opium tn Epypfc. For MODEL BAKERY'S Shortcake Layers for Your Strawberry Shortcake 0. WINDOW GLASS We sell window glass and will replace your broken windows reasonably. Trowbridge Cao lnet Works. Claim Duke Seeking Long Island Estate NEW YORK, May 14. ( AP) The World-Telegram aald today an Eng lish syndicate la expected to attempt to purchase the William B. Leeds es tate, Kenwood, at Cove Neck, Lonrt Island, (or the Duke of Windsor when the place la auctioned Satur day. The paper said Miss Sadie Lack, secretary to Leeds confirmed a report the duke'a agents have Inspected the place. The duke was a guest of Leeds dur ing his visit here when he was the Prince of Wales and Is acquainted with the property. Be Correctly Corseted In AN ARTIST MODEL by Ethelwyn B. Hoffmann. opinning larns with OLD ACQUAINTANCE BRAND Talking old times, with an old friend, spinning yarns . . . and just ninvino- thines easy like. Old J O " - Acqua intance fits PINTS right in here. Made from 98 rye grain. Distilled by one of the largest Rye dU tilleries in the world. 90c QUARTS $1.75 MADS BY THE BALTIMORE PURE RYE DISTILLING CO. D'JNDALK MARYLAND W PROOF , . II 0LDAC(JUAINTA.'CE BOTTLED BY A LYON ... LOS ANGELES. 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